Behind the Scenes of "The End of the Tour" and Interviews about David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace: The 'Fresh Air' Interview : NPR
In 1996, Wallace's novel Infinite Jest was a critical and popular success. The new movie The End of The Tour recreates the author's tour for that book. Originally broadcast March 5, 1997. 

Wallace Invented 'New Style, New Comedy' : NPR
David Lipsky
To read David Foster Wallace was to feel your eyelids pulled open. Some writers specialize in the away-from-home experience — they've safaried, eaten across Italy, covered a war. Wallace offered his alive self cutting through our sleepy aquarium — our standard TV, stores, political campaigns.

The End of the Tour Movie vs True Story of David Foster Wallace
* Did travelling with David Foster Wallace really have a profound impact on David Lipsky?
* Why did David Lipsky decide to turn his essays into a book after David Foster Wallace died?
* What is the novel Infinite Jest about?

Jason Segel's David Foster Wallace film features Illinois State

9/11: The View From the Midwest | Rolling Stone
This essay, by the late novelist David Foster Wallace, appeared in the October 25, 2001 issue of Rolling Stone.



More works by David Foster Wallace

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009) - Rotten Tomatoes
Adapted from the book by David Foster Wallace, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men tells the story of Sara Quinn, a graduate student in anthropology who's left feeling lost after her boyfriend breaks up with her and offers little explanation as to why. With her dissertation looming, Sara begins a project to interview men, all sorts of men, trying to unearth the mystery of their bizarre behavior. As her personal life and her academic life continue to mingle, Sara uncovers some strange and disturbing things about the male perspective, but nothing could be quite as strange as what she learns about herself.